, maryland eastofbaltimoreisone of the places that was hit hard by the storm that soaked the eastern third of the nation tuesday. many homes became islands themselves. streets were under six inches of water, 2,000 homes had no power. >>> cbs money watch. a sneak peek at the holiday season. >> reporter: a move by the bank of japan to show up the economy sent stocks higher. nikkei gained 1%. hang seng added 1%. fedex the world's second largest package delivery said the global economy is stalling and is likely to get worse next year. fedex is seen as an economic bellwether, cutting its forecast as business slows. fedex's economic forecast is in line with that of bigger rival u.p.s. that leak assessment left wall street stocks mixed. the dow jones industrials ended higher. the nasdaq was down a fraction. confidence among the nation's home builders has surged to a six year high. new reports out today are expected to show builders expect the housing recovery will strengthen in the next six months. the housing market remains depressed but showing signs of improving since last october. econo

4:00 this morning to get the gamedouble.baltimore, anrbi single. the os would tack on another run and everybody said finally. 4-2 in 18 innings. the game went nearly six hours but the os are tied for first place with the yankees. >> the nhl is in its fourth lockout day. the capitals biggest star is making other plans for the season. alexander ovechkin has reportedly sign add deal to play with dynamo moscow in russia. the russian newspaper quoted ovechkin saying he believes the lockout will erase the entire season. hope he's wrong on that. >>> the man who turned football into film has died. steve sabol died tuesday of brain cancer. he was 69. he began working with his father on n.f.l. films in 1964 and together they shot thousands of hours of footage and they helped revolutionize sports broadcasting. pioneering techniques like slow motion replays and miking up players and coaches. >> they also did some of the first steady cam work in sports. >> beautiful job. >>> still ahead, the request for a date that now has a federal helicopter pilot grounded. >> a cross-country flight for a sp

for the redskin game. you'll go uptobaltimoretosee the ravens. take a sweatshirt. you could be in the upper 40s to low 50s. low 70s on monday. upper 70s tuesday with sunshine. wednesday a few showers late, but warm again. high temperatures in the low 80s. returns right after this. stay tuned. >>> in the mail bag tonight, mitt romney, the republican still taking hits for what he said to big dollar donors about the 47% of americans who he says will never vote for him. but our good friend, john, says sometimes the truth hurts. media have already said that 95% plus voters have already made up their minds and neither side is courting those voters. they are after the 5% of undecided voters. so now come governor romney that acknowledges he is not worried about the 47% that will vote for president obama no matter what. what is the issue again? well john, the issue is how romney characterized those obama voters. victims unwilling to take charge of their own lives. in other words, losers. not the right attitude for a guy who desperately says he wants to be more likable. then there was this on the contin

over an hourago.baltimorescoredtwo runs in the top of the 18th inning. and went on to beat seattle 4- 2. >> that victory puts the or equals back into a first place -- orioles back into a first place tie with the yankees. >>> good morning, everybody. the nationals got an unexpected day off yesterday. their series opener against the dodgers was postponed because of rain. the two sides will play a doubleheader today starting at 4:05. the nats can clinch a playoff spot by sweeping today's game as the mlb season heads into the final two weeks. now time to start looking at the post-season honors. davey johnson has proven he deserves to be manager of the year since taking over june of last year, he's turned this ball club into one of the league's best. >> i think he does a great job at trusting us and, you know, puts us out there and doesn't second-guess us. he's going to be our biggest -- he'll back us up and trust us to do what we do. i think that's one of the reasons why we've been so successful. >> the word cy young award has been thrown around with gio gonzalez. 19 wins, 96 strikeout

ofbaltimoreinperryville and own a casino in charles town, west virginia just across the maryland boarder. we call that skinning the game. >> spend the money now and save money later. >> a lot of money around. terrible. thanks, jess. >>> a new drug intended to help fight obesity is available now. >> we're back in two minutes with more on that story. plus, your weather first. we've got a cooldown coming your way. >>> good morning. welcome back to nine fine now. 4:45. we're mid week. i was out driving, not sensible because i shouldn't have been out but the dogs didn't have any food. fire coming from an electric transformer. i was like oh, my goodness. this was something else yesterday. >> it was a little too exciting for a lot of people. i was impressed with the amount of leaves being blown around by the winds before the main line of storms came in yesterday. yeah, very windy day. we had some damage. we don't want to make light of that but overall the damage was not that widespread. i think that's a fortunate thing. here's a look at our bus stop forecast this morning. i'm recommending a jacket

for the redskin game. low 70s. very cool upinbaltimoreforthe ravens game. monday cool, too, low 70s and back in the upper 70s tuesday and on wednesday, some showers come in late. warming back up. high temperatures in the low 80s. here's what is coming up. >>> i'm scott broom pretending to sleep on the job in frederick county in order to test out a very expensive new chair. coming up, you'll hear the shocking price tag and why -- >> used chair from a used furniture company. >> some in the county are questioning the cause. >>> and it's wednesday, that means we get to hear from the quarterback. what rg3 has to say about the skins next on 9news. >>> all right folks, we're just two games into the football season, but robert griffin iii is already making an impression. >> if you seen the games, you know. the qb has the athleticism and the speed and not afraid to use them. >> kristen berset is here to tell us why it's not going to end any time soon. >> we knew he was a mobile quarterback. we knew the redskins would use that to their advantage, but there has been plenty of cringe worthy moments

's governor is teaming up withthebaltimoreravenslinebacker who created a stir about same-sex marriage. martin o'malley is planning to attend a fundraiser in support of legalizing same-sex marriage in maryland. voters are going to decide the issue in a ballot question come november. >>> the inspector general of the justice department released a report that criticizes federal agents and prosecutors in phoenix saying they were mostly responsible for that botched investigation into gun trafficking along the mexican border. that operation called fast and furious. the intent was to let guns pass into the hands of suspected gun smugglers and then track them to drug cartels. but federal agents lost track of 2,000 guns and hundreds of them turned up on crime scenes on both sides of the border. two of the guns were found at the scene where border patrol agent, brian terri, was shot to death in december of 2010. >>> and late today, the senate signed off on a plan to keep the government working for the next six months. the budget extension will apply to every cabinet level agency and u.s. militar

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